Special Report: Update (PXL)

GRANT BRICKMAN: New headlines on the Duskbloods delay.

GRANT BRICKMAN: Does the game's new window hold? The headline doesn't say.

GRANT BRICKMAN: An update on our special report: new headlines on The Duskbloods have come in. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: GamePro now headlines that FromSoftware is moving the release, and the game no longer arrives in 2026. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: The outlet calls it an exclusive multiplayer game for the Nintendo Switch 2. It won't come out this year. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: So the game is late. Fine. Late is just early with a longer calendar. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: That's all the new headline gives us. We'll leave it there. ▶

Apple’s First Touchscreen MacBook Pro Is Up for Preorder (IGN)

GRETA FOOTNOTE: Apple finally invented the touchscreen laptop, and the top spec costs $14,549. We look at how we got here.

GRANT BRICKMAN: Good afternoon. Apple has a touchscreen MacBook Pro. Viewers just joining: we first told you about this earlier today. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: So today is the background. How did we get here, and what do other outlets say? Vera, take us through it. ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: The article says Apple refused for years to add touch to its laptops. Now the MacBook Pro has an OLED display it calls PROLED XDR. ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: It's been a busy month: a folding iPhone Duo and home products came first. Preorders are open now, release is November 6. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: A folding phone and a touch laptop. Does the laptop fold? Nobody briefed me. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: No, Grant. It doesn't fold. Vera, what are other outlets reporting? ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: Ars Technica reports the OLED display is the main draw, but the price is a lot to reckon with. ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: TechCrunch reports it starts at $2,899. Our article adds that a fully specced one reaches $14,549. ▶

KAI: You guys, this is huge! Swipe, tap, pinch, on a Mac. And a Dynamic Island instead of a notch. I will say nothing about the ports. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: Thank you, Kai. Vera, what do the sources leave open? ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: The reports give no hands-on verdict yet. So an open question: how does touch actually feel in MacOS? ▶

DR. VERA VECTOR: A second open question: who pays $14,549? The article gives the price, not the buyers. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: So Apple invented the touchscreen laptop, and Greta and I invented the fingerprint cleaning cloth. We'll have to leave it there. ▶

THE NETWORK REPORT (PXL)

GRANT BRICKMAN: THE NETWORK REPORT is on the air. Dot, how do the motorways look? ▶

DOT: Cloudflare: heavy going. ▶

DOT: Looking fine, GitHub and npm and Discord: running smoothly. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: Thanks, Dot. Buckle up out there. ▶